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Sixto Rodriguez is philosophical about ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ – latimes.com
He has been called the greatest ’70s rock star who never was. A Chicano Bob Dylan. More improbable, the 70-year-old street bard from Detroit is considered a founding father of South African progressive rock. At the very least, he’s one of the most unlikely comeback artists in music history. Sixto Rodriguez, a man whose lifeContinueContinue reading “Sixto Rodriguez is philosophical about ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ – latimes.com”
Sugar Man Coverage – Dazed & Confused / The List / BBC Radio Scotland / BBC 6 Music & Stylist
Dazed & Confused – Interview with Malik The List – Interview with Malik / Review (also mentioned in weekly highlights section) Stylist – Positive mention in a Lauren Laverne interview BBC 6 Music, Lauren Laverne BBC Radio Scotland, Movie Café – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ks1z3 Dazed & Confused – Searching for Sugar Man, Malik.pdf The List – Review.pdfContinueContinue reading “Sugar Man Coverage – Dazed & Confused / The List / BBC Radio Scotland / BBC 6 Music & Stylist”
‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Spotlights the Musician Rodriguez – NYTimes.com
It’s a real-life tale of talent disregarded, bad luck and missed opportunities, with an improbable stop in the Hamptons and a Hollywood conclusion: A singer-songwriter is signed to a contract in the late 1960s after producers with ties to Motown Records see him playing in a smoky Detroit nightclub called the Sewer. He makes aContinueContinue reading “‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Spotlights the Musician Rodriguez – NYTimes.com”
Screen Daily – Malik interview, 19 July
Screen Daily – Malik interview, 19 July.pdf
Column – Rodriguez, Can, Beatles, Sex Pistols… Rock’n’roll’s lost treasures rediscovered – News – QTheMusic.com
Taking rock’n’roll archaeology into the personal realm, in new film Searching For Sugar Man (out 27 July) Swedish filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul has unearthed not just the story of singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez and his “disappearance” after his two album’s flopped at the start of the 1970s, but his unknown legacy in South Africa where he becameContinueContinue reading “Column – Rodriguez, Can, Beatles, Sex Pistols… Rock’n’roll’s lost treasures rediscovered – News – QTheMusic.com”
Evening Standard – Searching For Sugar Man Soundtrack Review – 12 July 2012
Director Malik Bendjelloul discusses Searching for Sugar Man | The List
‘It was like a blessed film,’ says Malik Bendjelloul. ‘Every rock you looked under, there was a little gold coin.’ There isn’t a better way to describe Bendjelloul’s debut Searching For Sugar Man, a documentary that boasts what the director calls ‘probably the best story I’ve ever heard in my life – and probably everContinueContinue reading “Director Malik Bendjelloul discusses Searching for Sugar Man | The List”
Rodriguez Tour Dates 2012
Searching For Sugar Man – The Observer – Lead Film Review – 15 July 2012
Recent Posts on the Sugarman.org Message Board
Entry #: 899 Entry Date: 2012-07-15 16:28:38 Name: mark taliana Visitor Comments: I have just retruned from seing and hearing, ‘Searching for Sugerman’ the documentry and at the age of 47 I thought I had seen and heard all that western popular music/culture has to offer. I was wrong. Put Dylan, Lennon and Cat StevensContinueContinue reading “Recent Posts on the Sugarman.org Message Board”
Searching for Sugar Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) will be released on July 24, 2012 | Sony Legacy
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN is a film about hope, inspiration and the resonating power of music. In the late ’60s, two celebrated producers who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics discovered a musician in a Detroit bar. They recorded an album that they believed was going to secure his reputation as oneContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) will be released on July 24, 2012 | Sony Legacy”
Rodriguez at Folklore Festival | Paul Watson
Rodriguez spoke to BBC Introducing in Jersey presenter Ryan Morrison backstage at the Folklore festival.
Rodriguez – Word – Searching For Sugar Man Feature – August 2012
Summer Docs with Alec Baldwin | Hamptons International Film Festival
“Sometimes, unpredictable things occur in documentary film, occasionally, unbelievable things. SUGAR MAN is a film that introduces you to people you will never forget,” says HIFF Board Member and SummerDocs Host Alec Baldwin. via Summer Docs with Alec Baldwin | Hamptons International Film Festival.
Sunday Times, Culture – Rodriguez & Malik feature
Rodriguez interview at Folklore
Rodriguez spoke to BBC Introducing in Jersey presenter Ryan Morrison backstage at the Folklore festival.
Interview with Rodriguez South Africa’s musical hero
Five minute interview in London with Rodriguez, South Africa’s musical hero.
Searching for Sugar Man Press Coverage | MovieScope / Sight & Sound / Little White Lies / The Crack
moviescope july feature with malikDownload MovieScope – July, review.pdf Little White Lies – July review.pdf Sight & Sound – August, Malik news piece.pdf Sight & Sound – August, Review.pdf The Crack – Film of the month, July.pdf
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